The Director of the FBI had an unprecedented role in this election, one that I sincerely hope is not repeated ever. For those who have been in a coma the last six months, Comey staged a bizarre press conference in July to state that the FBI would not be referring criminal charges to the Justice Department over the Clinton email scandal, even though Clinton's conduct was exceedingly careless. The media and Clinton supporters heaved a sigh of relief and declared the matter officially closed.
Then ten days before the election, Comey sent a letter to congress informing them that a cache of emails had been uncovered that required reopening the inquiry. It quickly became apparent that the emails were located on a computer shared by longtime Hillary aide Huma Abedin and her husband, the disgraced Anthony Weiner. Trump supporters exalted, feeling there was justice in this world after all. Then Sunday Comey pulled the rug out again, saying in effect that nothing new had turned up so forget it.
I think it is fair to say he determined the outcome of the election. A criminal referral and subsequent resignation by Comey if no charges were brought would have been the end of Hillary's campaign. Instead, we got this unseemly fence straddling, where he criticized her severely but claimed nothing could be done.
Then the Weiner bombshell, which probably cost her the election. There is a limit to what people can tolerate, and she had exceeded it. The subsequent "never mind" was too little too late and couldn't erase the image of the creepy Weiner sexting teen girls and cruising porn sites on a computer that carried hundred of thousands of State Department emails.
So other than being Ken Starr's revenge, what are we to make of Comey? Should he stay or should he go? And if he stays, will there be trouble? If he goes, it may be double.
Then ten days before the election, Comey sent a letter to congress informing them that a cache of emails had been uncovered that required reopening the inquiry. It quickly became apparent that the emails were located on a computer shared by longtime Hillary aide Huma Abedin and her husband, the disgraced Anthony Weiner. Trump supporters exalted, feeling there was justice in this world after all. Then Sunday Comey pulled the rug out again, saying in effect that nothing new had turned up so forget it.
I think it is fair to say he determined the outcome of the election. A criminal referral and subsequent resignation by Comey if no charges were brought would have been the end of Hillary's campaign. Instead, we got this unseemly fence straddling, where he criticized her severely but claimed nothing could be done.
Then the Weiner bombshell, which probably cost her the election. There is a limit to what people can tolerate, and she had exceeded it. The subsequent "never mind" was too little too late and couldn't erase the image of the creepy Weiner sexting teen girls and cruising porn sites on a computer that carried hundred of thousands of State Department emails.
So other than being Ken Starr's revenge, what are we to make of Comey? Should he stay or should he go? And if he stays, will there be trouble? If he goes, it may be double.
